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A  Book  of 
Sundial   Mottoes. 


Compiled  by 
Alfred  H,   Hyatt 


LONDON :  PHILIP    WELLBY, 

Covent  Garden,  W.C, 

NEW   YORK:  SCOTT-THAW  COMPANY, 

542,  Fifth  A  Venice. 

MDCCCCIII. 


The  Garden  Lover's  Series,  !!♦ 


A  BOOK  OF  SUNDIAL  MOTTOES, 


A  Book  of 
Sundial   Mottoes. 


Compiled  by 
Alfred  H.    Hyatt 


LONDON:  PHILIP    WELLBY, 

Covent  Garden,   W.C. 

NEW    YORK:  SCOTT-THAW  COMPANY, 

542,  Fifth  Avenue. 

MDCCCCIIL 


SUNDIALS 

By 

A.  M. 


s[/:Xpi^LS. 


cr^HE  garden  cloc\  of  sunny  climates  is  necessarily  the 
companion  of  hours  so  beautiful  that  the  mere 
name  "  Sundial "  is  dear  to  those  who  care  for  gardens^ 
for  phrases^  for  the  sun^  and  for  the  South.  The  best 
gardens  are  those  which  other  ages  made  and  "  l^ept 
up^""  and  which  our  own  age — an  unthrifty  heir — has 
allowed  to  grow  somewhat  wild  with  random  grass ^  and 
somewhat  dry  with  sun.     We  **  enter  into  the  labours  " 


iz 


SUNDIALS. 
of  our  fathers ;  not  into  the  perfection  which  they  pre- 
pared^ but  into  its  gentle  and  more  beautiful  ruin  and 
undoing.  And  w^  inherit  something  peculiarly  theirs 
in  the  ancient  garden — their  usually  austere  sundial 
mottoes,  zA  modern  man  enjoys  the  bee-visited^  grass- 
grown,  and  fragrant  paths  that  no  gardener  trims, 
though  the  man  who  made  the  paths  would  hardly 
approve  them  so;  a  modern  man  reads  the  warnings  of 
a  seventeenth-century  sculptor^  letting  its  lesson  go  by. 

The  sundial  of  my  own  childhood  faced  a  blue  sea, 
across  olive  and  oleander,  and  it  bore  an  inscription 
which,  translated,  threatened  the  generations :  '*  Thou 
seest  the  hour,  but  kjiowest  not  the  hour'' — "  of  thy 
death^'  we  supposed.     In  the  twentieth  century  no  ma% 


SUNDIALS. 

would  engrave  that  thought  above  the  terraces  of  such  a 
heavenly  garden.  Other  Italian  "palaces  had^  likewise ^ 
severe  things  written  on  their  sunward  faces^  or  on  their 
garden  dials,  'But,  sombre  or  genial ,  the  sundial  motto, 
devised  according  to  the  appropriate  art,  has  the  beauty 
of  brevity  and  fulness.  No  wonder  if  to  the  precision  of 
Latin  grammar  has  been  generally  assigned  the  safe- 
guarding of  the  message  of  three  or  four  words,  long, 
slow  J  and  complete  with  their  burden  of  meaning. 

There  are  tunes  composed  for  bells,  and  as  this  brief 
music,  so  is  this  brief  literature y  restricted  to  the  means 
and  the  opportunity,  and  full  of  vigour  within  those 
bonds.  The  phrase  and  the  melody  both  hat>e  their  home 
on   the   happy  Ligurian   coast.     For  though  sundials 


SUNDIALS. 

number  the  few  serene  hours  of  Northern  gardens,  they 
are  most  useful  in  the  South  and  the  sun,  and  because  of 
their  use  they  ta\e  their  place  in  the  noble  symbolic 
company  standing  by  palace  walls :  the  sundial  for  time^ 
the  cypress  for  deathy  wheat  for  life^  and  the  vine 
for  joy. 


TO   EDWIN   GREENE. 


A  BOOK  OF  SUrSFDIAL  MOTTOES. 


In  compiling  this  Book  of  Mottoes,  the  translations  in  the 
majority  of  cases  appear  as  given  in  the  hooks  consulted. 
These  volumes,  which  represent  a  delightful  branch  of  garden 
literature,  range  from  John  Wells'  "  Sciographia,  or  the  Art 
of  Shadowes''  {1635),  to  Mrs.  Alice  Morse  Earle's  recently 
published  "  Sundials  and  Roses  of  Yesterday ^ 

It  will  be  seen  that  in  many  instances  the  English  render- 
ings of  the  inscriptions  are  free  and  often  fanciful. 

A.H.H. 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 


'T^HE  following    Sixty  "Mottoes  for   Dials,   with   their 

meaning  in  English,"  are  from  a  curious  and  rare 

old    work,   entitled    "  Mechanick   Dialling :    or,   the 

New     Art     of     Shadows :     freed    from    the    many 

Obscurities,   Superfluities    and   Errors  of  Former  Writers 

upon   this   Subject  .  .  ,      To   which   are   added   a   choice 

Collection  of  Mottos  in  Latin  and  English  ...      By  Charles 

Leadbetter.     London,  at  the  Black  Swan,  1737." 


A 


LIIS  .  INSERVIENDO  .  CONSUMOR. 

(my  .  LOSS  .  IS  .  YOUR  .  GAIN). 
1 


A  BOOK  OF 


S 


A, 


RS  .  LONGA  ,  VITA  .  BREVIS. 

(l  .  DIE  .  TO-DAY  .  AND  .  LIVE  .  TO-MORROW). 


A 


VARITIA  .  HODIE  .  DOMINATUR. 

(you  .  COVET  .  to-morrow). 


^^  ^^  ^^ 

/\uT  .  C^SAR  .  AUT  .  NIHIL. 

(l  .  SHINE  .  OR  .  shroud). 

EE,  .  AND  .  BE  .  GONE  .  ABOUT  .  YOUR 

BUSINESS. 


c 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

JjULLA  .  EST  .  VITA  .  HUMANA. 
(life's  .  A  .  bubble). 

ONSUME  .  NOT  .  THY  .  TIME  .  IN  .  IDLENESS. 

i_yEUS  .  ADEST  .  LABORANTIBUS. 

(heaven  .  FAVOURS  .  THE  .  DILIGENT). 


D 


ISCE  .  DIES  .  NUMERARE  .  TUOS. 

(lEARN  .  TO  .  VALUE  .  YOUR  .  TIME); 

3 


A  BOOK  OF 

LJiSCE  .  BENE  .  VIVERE  .  &  .  MORI. 

(shine  .  AND  .  set). 

LJlES  .  DIEM  .  TRUDIT. 

(a  .  DAY  .  KICKS  .  ME  .  DOWN). 


D 


UM  .  SPECTAS  .  FUGIO. 

(UNSIGHT,  .  UNSEEN). 


En. 


SUPRA  .  VITA  .  FUGAX  . 
EN  .  INFRA  .  CERTA  .  MORS. 

(a  .  LIFE  .  ON  .  flight's  .    SOON  .  OUT  .  OF  .  SIGHT). 

4 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

£lx  .  HOC  .  MOMENTO  .  PENDET  .  ^TERNITAS. 

(now  .  OR  ,  never). 

JL^  ESTINA  .  LENTE. 

(mind  .  MY  .  movements), 

\^  ORTUNA  .  URBES  .  AMPLISSIMAS  .  EVERTIT. 

(no  .  exemption  .  from  ,  MY  .  INFLUENCE). 

Jr*  UGIO  .  FUGE. 

(be  .  GONE  .  ABOUT  .  YOUR  .  BUSINESS. 
I  .  STAY  ,  FOR  .  NO  .  MAn). 


A  BOOK  OF 


H, 


NC  .  VIVERE  .  DISCE. 
ILLINC  .  DISCE  .  MORI. 

(rising  .  PORTENDS  .  SETTING). 


H 


H 


OMO  .  QUASI  .  UMBRA. 

(man  .  is  .  a  .  SHADE  .  OF  .  A  .  SHADOW). 

ORA     .     FUGIT     .     RAPIDE    .    LBTHUMQ;    . 
INVADIT  .  INERMES. 


(the    .    HOURS    .    GLIDE    .    SWIFTLY,  .    AND  .  THE  .  UNGUARDED 
ARE  .  EASILY  .  SURPRIZED). 

11  ORA  .  PARS  .  VVYJE, 

(every  .  HOUR  .  SHORTENS  .  LIFE). 

6 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

ItA  .  VITA. 

(such  .  IS  .  life's  .  HALF  .  CIRCLE). 

Labor  .  ipse  .  voluptas  . 

(my  .  PAIN  .  IS  .  YOUR  .  pleasure). 

L^EX  .  DEI,  .  LUX  .  DIEI. 

(the  .  LAW  .  OF  .  GOD  .  IS  .  THE  .  BROAD  .  DAY-LIGHT). 

-Let  .  YOUR  .  LIGHT,  so  .  SHINE  .  BEFORE  . 
MEN  .  THAT  .  THEY  .  MAY  .  SEE  .  YOUR  . 
GOOD  .  WORKS. 


A   BOOK  OF 

L^ENTE  .  SUSCIPE  .  CITO  .  PERFICE. 

(set  .  OUT  .  AT  .  LEISURE,  .  PROCEED  .  WITH  .  HASTE). 

iVioRA  .  TRAHIT   .    PERICULUM. 

(delay  .  DRAGS  .  DANGER). 

IN  EMO  .  SINE  .  CRIMINE  .  VIVIT. 

(the  .  BRIGHTEST  .  DAY  .  HAS  .  ITS  .  SHADES). 

IN  IL  .  DAT  .  QUOD  .  NON  .  HABET. 

(out  .  OF  .  NOTHING  .  COMES  .  NOTHING). 

8 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

IN  ON  .  SEMPER  .  ERUNT  .  SATURNALIA. 

(take  .  TIME  ;  BY  .  THE  .  FORELOCK). 

IN  ON  .  NOBIS  .  NATI  .  SUMUS. 

(we  .  ARE  .  NOT  .  MADE  .  FOR  .  OURSELVES). 

IN  ON  .  SINE  .  LUMINE. 
(we  .  shine). 

IN  OSCE  .  TEIPSUM. 

(look  .  INTO  .  THY  .  SELf). 

9 


A  BOOK  OF 

IN  ULLA  .  DIES  .  SINE  .  LINEAj 

(every  .  DAY  .  HAS  .  ITS  .  BOUNDS). 

vJmNEM  .  CREDE  .  DIEM  .  TIBI  .  DILUXISSE 
SUPREMUM. 

(believe  .  EVERY  .  DAY  .  TO  .  BE  .  THY  .  LAST). 

vJmNIA  .  FALCE  .  METIT  .  TEMPUS. 

(the  .  SCYTHE  .  OF  .  TIME  .  CARRIES  .  A  .  KEEN  .  EDGE), 

i    EREUNT  .  &  .  IMPUTANTUR. 

(the  .  HOURS  .  VANISH,  .  YET  .  ARE  .  ON  .  RECORD). 
10 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

i    AX  .  OPTIMA  .  RERUM. 

(light  .  IS  .  THE  .  PARENT  .  OF  .  PEACE). 

JL    OST  .  VOLUPTATEM  .  MISERICORDIA. 

(pleasure    .    IS  .  THE    .  PARENT  .  OF  .  PAIN  ;  .  NIGHT  .  TREADS  • 
UPON  .  THE  .  HEELS  .  OF  .  DAY). 

V^UALIS  .  VITA,  .  FINIS  .  ITA. 

(praise  .  A  .  FAIR  .  DAY  .  AT  .  NIGHT). 


Q 


UOD  .  TIBI  .    FIERI    .  NON  .  VIS,  .  ALTERI 
NE  .  FECERIS. 

(do  .  NOT  .  RENDER  .  EVIL  .  FOR  .  GOOD). 
11 


Q 


A   BOOK  OF 

UA  .  REDIT  .  NESCITIS  .  HORAM, 

(ye  .  KNOW  .  NOT  .  THE  .  HOUR). 


^^^^^^^ 


Q 


s 


UID  .  CELERIUS  .  TEMPORE? 

(what  .  IS  .  SWIFTER  .  THAN  .  TIME  ?) 

OlC  .  VITA. 
(life's  .  lot). 

IG  .  TRANSIT  .  GLORIA  .  MUNDI. 

(so  .  marches  .  THE   .  GOD  .  OF  .  DAY). 

12 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

OiNE  .  LUMINE  .  INANE. 

(darkness  .  PRECEDES  .  DAY). 


Oic  . 


T 


PRETERIT  .  .ETAS. 
(life  .  IS  .  winged). 

EMPUS  .  AD  .  LUCEM  .  DUCIT  .  VERITATEM. 

(time  .  BRINGS  .  TRUTH  .  TO  .  LIGHT). 

1   EMPUS  .  OBIT,  .  MORS  .  VENIT. 

(time  .  DIES,  .  DEATH  .  REIGNS). 

13 


A   BOOK  OF 

1   EMPUS  .  FUGIT. 
(time  .  hastes). 

1   EMPUS  .  VIT^  .  MONITOR. 
(time  .  IS  .  life's  .  remembrancer). 

1   ENERE  .  NON  .  POTES  .  NEC  .  PERDERE. 

(you  .  CANNOT  .  KEEP  .  IT,  .  NOR  .  LOSE  .  IT). 

Umbra  .  del 

(the  .  WORKMANSHIP  .  OF  .  THE  .  GREAT  .  ARCHITECT). 

14 


V 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES, 

U  T  .  UMBRA  .  SIC  .  VITA. 
(shade  .  IS  .  life's  .  pattern). 

V  ENIO  .  UT  .  SUR. 

(l  .  STEAL  .  UPON  .  you). 

IGILATE  .  &  .  ORATE,  .  TEMPUS  .  FUGIT. 

(watch  .  AND  .    PRAY,  .  TIME  .  HASTES  .  AWAY). 


V,.. 


VIT^. 
(life's  .  road). 
15 


A   BOOK  OF 

V  ITA  .  NOSTRA  .  EST  .  INSTAR  .  COMCEDI^. 

(life  .  OFTEN  .  CHANGES  .  SCENES). 


^^^2^9^^ 


V 


ERITAS  .  TEMPORIS  .  FILIA. 

(time  .  THE  .  FATHER  .  OF  .  TRUTH). 

W  ELCOME  .  CHAPMAN. 

*0N    A    DIAL    IN    A    MARKET    PLACE. 


^^  ^£Ff  ^2^  ^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^r^  ^r^ 


16 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 


L 


ET  .   OTHERS  .  TELL  .  OF  .  STORMS  .  AND 
SHOWERS, 
I'LL  .  ONLY  .  COUNT  .  YOUR  .  SUNNY  .  HOURS. 

(the  motto  chosen  by  queen  ALEXANDRA  FOR  THE  SUNDIAL 
AT  SANDRINGHAM). 


17 


A   BOOK  OF 


Uh 


ITED  .  IN  .  TIME,  .  PARTED  .  IN  .  TIME, 
TO  .  BE  .  REUNITED,  .  WHEN  .  TIME  .  SHALL  .   BE 
NO  .  MORE. 

(in  the  king's  garden,  holyrood,  on  the  dial  presented 

BY  CHARLES  I.  TO  QUEEN  HENRIETTA  MARIA). 

l\s     .     TLME     .    AND     .    HOURES     .     PASSETH 

AWAYE. 
SO  .  DOETH  .  THE  .  LIFE  .  OF  .  MAN  .   DECAYE, 
AS  .  TIME  .  CAN  .  BE  .  REDEExMED  .  WITH  .  NO 

COST, 
BESTOW  .  IT  .  WELL  .  AND  .  LET  .  NO  .  HOURE 

BE  .  LOST. 

(on   a   ring   dial). 

1  RANSEUNT  .  DIES  .  TUI. 

(thy  .  DAYS  .  ARE  .  PASSING). 
18 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 


T, 


O  .    NO    .    ONE    .    IS    .    GIVEN    ,    RIGHT   .    OF 

DELAY, 
NOTED  .  IN  .  HEAVEN  .  PASSETH  .  EACH  .  DAY; 
BE  .  THOU  .  NOT  .  FRUITLESS,  .  V^ORK  .  WHILE 

YE  .  MAY, 
TRIFLING  .  WERE  .  BOOTLESS,  .  WATCH  .  THOU 

AND  .  PRAY. 


^^^^^^t2r^ 


T 


HESE  .  SHADES  .  SO  .  FLEET 
FROM  .  DAY  .  TO  .  DAY. 
AND  .  SO  .  THIS  .  LIFE 
PASSETH  .  AVVAIE. 


V 


T  .  HORA  .  PRAETERITA  .  SIC  .  FUGIT  .  VITA. 

(as  .  THE  .  HOUR  .  THAT  .  IS  .  PAST,  .  SO  .  LIFE  .  FLIES). 
19 


A   BOOK  OF 

/tlS  .  SHADOWE  .  SO  .  MAN  .  SPEEDETH, 

1   IME   .   TIDE 
DOTH   .  WAIST 
THEREFORE 
MAKE  .  HASTE 
WE  .  SHALL. 


1   OU  . 


U  T  .  HORA  .  FUGIT  .  VITA. 

(as  .  AN  .'HOUR  .  LIFE  .  FLIBS). 


MAY  .  WASTE  .  BUT  .  CANNOT  .  STOP 

ME. 

(on  an  old  church  at  tunbridge  wells). 
20 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

/Vs  .  THE  .  SUNE  .  RUNS  .  SO  .  DEATH 
COMES. 


9^^f2^^2^ 


A, 


.8  .  TIME  .  AND  .  HOURS  .  PASSETH  .  AWAY 
SO  .  DOUTH  .  THE  .  LIFE  .  OP  .  MAN  .  DECAY. 


J^t^jF' 


T 


RANSEUNT  .  ET  .  IMPUTANTUR. 

(they  .  PASS   .  AND  .  ARE  .  RECKONED). 


B 


RIGHT    .    SOL  .  AND    .    LUNA    .    TIME    .   AND 
TIDE  .  DOTH  .  HOLD. 

21 


B 


A   BOOK  OF 


ON  .  JOUR— BON  .  SOIR. 


^5^  ^5^4^^ 


A. 


.S  .  THESE  .  HOURS  .  DOTH  .  PASS  .  AWAY, 
SO    .    DOTH   .    THE  .   LIFE  .  OF  .  MEN  .  DECAY. 
MEMENTO  .  MORI. 


A. 


DAY    .    MAY   .    RUIN    .   THEE. 
THIS  .  HOUR. 

A.D.  .  MDCCXXXII. 


.     IMPROVE 


1   HE    .    HOUR    .    NOW    .    SHOWN    .    PERHAPS 
MAY  .  BE  .  THY  .  LAST, 
REPENT  .  AND  .  PRAY  .  BEFORE  .  THAT  .  HOUR 
BE  .  PAST. 


22 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

i  HIS  .  FOURFOLD  .  INDEX  .  OF  .  SWIFT 
TIME 

ON  .  WHICH  .  YE  .  SHADOW  .  VEERETH 
ROUND, 

SHOULD  .  MAN  .  EXCITE  .  TO  .  THEMES  .  SUB- 
LIME. 

SINCE  .  NOUT  .  BUT  .  SHADOWS  .  HERE  .  ARE 
FOUND. 

OeHOLD     .     NOW     .     IS     .    THE    .    ACCEPTED 

TIME.— (2  .  Cor.  .  vi.  .  2). 
SEEK  .  YE  .  THE  .   LORD   .  WHILE  .   HE    .    MAY 

BE  .  FOUND.— (IsA.  .  Lv.  .  6). 

V  IRTUE  .  JOIN  .  PRECIOUS  .  TIME. 

HUS  .  ETERNITY  .  APPROACHETH. 
23 


T 


A 


A  BOOK  OF 

V^ERTA  .  RATIO. 

(a  .  SURE  .  reckoning). 

SPICE  .  IN  .  HORAM,  .  ET  .  MEMENTO  .  MORI. 

(look  .  ON  .  THE  .  HOUR  .  AND  .  REMEMBER  .  DEATH). 


T 


f2r^^^^^^ 


RIFLE  .  NOT,  .  YOUR  .  TIME'S  .  SHORT. 


T 


IME  .  CAN  .  DO  .  MUCH. 
24 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

/\eTAS  .  RAPIET  .  DIEM. 

(time  .  WILL  .  HURRY  .  THE  .  DAY  .  AWAY). 


t^t^t^ 


Vbr. 


T 


NON    .    SEMPER  .  VIRIT. 

(spring  .  IS  .  NOT  .  ALWAYS  .  GREEN). 

IME  .  IS  .  MORE  .   SACRED  .  THAN  .   GOLD. 
/\eTAS  .   CITO  .   PEDE    .  PRAETERIT. 

(age  .  PASSES  .  WITH  .  SWIFT  .  FOOT). 

25 


T 


A   BOOK  OF 


HUS    .  THE    .    GLORY    .    OF    .  THE    .  WORLD 
PASSES  .  AWAY. 


T, 


^•'^*'^*' 


IME  .  AS  .  THE  .  DIAL  .  TO  .  THE  .  SUN. 
ALTHOUGH  .  IT  .  BE  .  NOT  .  SHONE  .  UPON. 


D 


9^^^^  ^^ 


UM  ,  LOQUIMUR  .  FUGERIT  .  INVIDA  .  ^TAS, 
CARPE    .    DIEM    ,    OUAM    .    ININIME    .    CREDULA 
POSTERO. 

(while  .  SPEAKING  .  SO  .  ENVIOUS  .  TIME  .  HAS  .  FLOWN, 
SEIZE  .  TO-DAY,  .  LITTLE  .  TRUST  .  THE  .  MORROW). 


S 


UB  .  SOLE  .  VANITAS. 

UNDER  .  THE  .  SUN  .  VANITY). 

26 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

X  OST  .  TENEBRAS  .  SPERO  .  LUCEM. 

(after  .  DARKNESS  .  HOPE  .  FOR  .  LIGHT). 

L'HEURE  .  PASSE,  .  L'AMITIE  .  RESTE. 

(the  .  HOUR  .  PASSES,  .  FRIENDSHIP  ,  STAYS). 

>^'EST  .  L'HEURE  .  DE  .  BIEN  .  FAIRE. 

(this  .  IS  .  THY  .  FORTUNATE  .  HOUR). 


Mia. 


VITA  .  E   .   IL   .   SOLE:   .  DELI/UM  .  LA 
VITA  .  E   .  DIO. 
SENZA  .  ESSO  .  E  .  L'UM,  .  QUAL  .  SENZA  .  SOL 
SON'  .  10. 

(monastery  NEAR  FLORENCE). 

27 


A  BOOK  OF 

OILENS  .  LOQUOR. 

(though  .  SILENT,  .  I  .  SPEAK). 

iVilCAT  .   IN   .  TENEBRIS  ;  LUX  .  JUSTORUM. 

(unto  .  the  .  upright  .  there  .  ariseth  .  light  .  in  .  the 
darkness), 

OiNE  .  SOLE  .  SILEO. 

(without  .  SUN  .  I  .  KEEP  .  SILENCe). 

1  HE  .  HOUR  .  THOU  .  READEST  .  NOW  .  ON 

ME. 
WILL  .  NEVER  .  MORE  .  BE  .  OFFERED  .  THEE; 
IF   .    THOU    .    TAK'ST    .    HEED    .    WISE    .    THOU 

WILT  .  BE. 

28 


SUNDIAL    MOTTOES. 

To. 


MORROW'S   .    HOURS    .   MAY   .   BE   .   LESS 
FORTUNATE. 


^^^^^^^^ 


u 


I 


T  .   FILII  .    LUCIS    .   INCEDITE. 

(walk  .  AS  .  CHILDREN  .  OF  .  LIGHT). 

OINE  .  UMBRA  .  NIHIL. 

(without  .  SHADOW  .  NOTHING). 


SEEK  .  MY  .  LIGHT  .  FROM  .  GOD. 
29 


A   BOOK  OF 


O 


H  .  EARLY  .  PASSENGER,  .  LOOK  .  UP,  .  BE 
WISE, 
AND  .  THINK  .  HOW  .  NIGHT  .  AND  .  DAY  .  TIME 
EVER  .  FLIES. 


f^^f^^t^^ 


T 


IME'S   .  A   .    HAND'S   .    BREADTH';   .  'TIS    .^  A 
TALE  ; 
'TIS  .  A  .  VESSEL  .  UNDER  .  SAIL; 
'TIS  .  AN  .  EAGLE  ,  IN  .  ITS  .  WAY, 
DARTING  .  DOWN  .  UPON  .  ITS  .  PREY; 
'TIS  .  AN  .  ARROW  .  IN  .  ITS  .  FLIGHT, 
MOCKING  .  THE  .  PURSUING  .  SIGHT. 

OOL  .  DEUS  .  VISIBILIS 
DEUS  .  SOL  .  INVISIBILIS. 

(the  .  SUN  .  IS  .  THY  .  VISIBLE  .  GOD, 
GOD  .  THE  .  INVISIBLE  .  SUN). 

30 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

In  .  LUCE  .  TUA  .  FRUAMUR  .  LUCE. 

(in  .  THY  .  LIGHT  .  SHALL  .  WE  .  SEE  .  LIGHT). 

I'll  .   LIVE  .   TO-MORROW,  .  YOU  .  DELAYING 

CRY, 
IN  .  WHAT  .  FAR  .  COUNTRY  .  DOES  .  TO-MORROW 

LIE? 

i   HE  .  LEARNED    .    LINE    .    SHOWETH    .   THE 
CITY'S  •  HOUR. 

(on  a  sundial  in  Milan). 

Lux  .   HUJUS    .    SOLIS    .    VOBIS    .    INDICABIT 
HORUM. 

(this  .  sun's  .  LIGHT  .  WILL  .  SHOW  .  THE  .  HOUR). 

31 


A   BOOK  OF 

vJlD  .  FATHER  .  TIME  .  STANDS  .  STILL  .  FOR 

NONE; 
THIS  .  MOMENT  .    HERE,   .   THE   .    NEXT   .    HE'S 

GONE; 
AND  .   THOUGH    .   YOU   .   SPEAK   .    HIM   .   NE'ER 

SO  .  KIND, 
HE  .  NEVER  .  LAGS  .  ONE  .  STEP  .  BEHIND; 
IF,  .  THEN,  .  WITH   .  TIME   .  YOU'D  .  FORWARD 

BE, 
YOU  .  E'EN  .  MUST  .  RUN  .  AS  .  FAST  .  AS  .  HE. 


i   HE  . 


DAY  .  IS  .  THINE. 


u 


NAM  .  TIME. 

(fear  .  ONE  .  hour). 

32 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

U 


NA    .    HARUM    .    VIT^    .    HORARUM        ERIT 
ULTIMA; 


A 


T 


BSQUE  .  SOLE,  .  ABSQUE  .  USU. 

(without  .  SUN,  .  WITHOUT  .  USE). 


IME    .  WASTED    .    IS    .    EXISTENCE,    .    USED 
IS  .  LIFE. 


HAT  .  SOLAR  .  SHADOW,  .  AS  .  IT  .  MEASURES 
LIFE, 
IT  .  LIFE  .  RESEMBLES  .  TOO. 

33  D 


A  BOOK  OF 

As.  A. 


A 


SHADOW  .  SUCH  .  IS  .  LIFE. 


^^^t^^t^^ 


u 


LTIMA  .  DECIDET. 

(the  .  LAST  .  decides). 

(at  ventlmiglia). 


SPAN    .    IS    .    ALL    .    THAT    .    WE    .    CAN 
BOAST, 
AN  .  INCH  .  OR  ;  SO  .  OF  .  TIME: 
MAN  .  IS  .  BUT  .  VANITY  .  AND  .  DUST 
IN  .  ALL  .  HIS  ,  FLOWER  .  AND  .  PRIME. 

34 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

£)E   .  THANKFUL,   .   WATCH,   ;    PE?AY,  .  WORK. 

/VsPICE  .  ME. 

(look  .   UPON  .  me). 

/Vs  .  THE  .  SHADE  .  IS,  .  SO  .  IS  .  LIFE. 


^^^^^^ 


A. 


LUMINE  .  MOTUS, 

(moved  .  BY  .  light). 

35 


A  BOOK  OF 


S 


HADOW  .  AND  .  SUN— SO  .  TOO  .  OUR  .  LIVES 
ARE  .  MADE— 
YET    .    THINK    .    HOW    .    GREAT    .    THE    .    SUN, 
HOW  .  SMALL  .  THE  .  SHADE. 

IvIeN  .   DO    .    BLAME    .    TIME,    .    WHILE    .    IT 

THEY  .  SPEND 
UNTO  .  NO  .  PURPOSE,  .  OR  .  TO  .  A  .  BAD  .  END. 

1   HERE  .  IS  .  A  .  SEASON  .  FOR  .  EVERYTHING. 
OOL  .  TEMPORA  .  DIVEDIT  .  /EVI. 

(the  .  SUN  .  DIVIDES  .  THE  .  SEASONS  .  OF  .  TIME). 

36 


SUNDIAL    MOTTOES. 

/tLSPICE  .  ET  .  ABI. 

(gaze  .  AND  .  PASS  .  ON). 


%^^9^^^^^ 


T, 


IME'S  .  GLASS  .  AND  .  SCYTHE 
THY  .  LIFE  .  AND  .  DEATH  .  DECLARE. 
SPEND  .  WELL  .  THY  .  TIME 
AND  .  FOR  .  THY  .  DEATH  .  PREPARE. 


T 


HE  .  GAY  .  WHO  .  WOULD  .  BE  .  COUNTED 

WISE, 
THINK  .  ALL  .  DELIGHT  .  IN  .  PASTIME  .  LIES.— 
NOR   .    HEED    .    THEY    .    WHAT    .    THE    .    WISE 

CONDEMN, 
WHILST  .  THEY  .  PASS  .  TIME,  .  TIME  .  PASSES 

THEM. 

37 


A  BOOK  OF 

OENZA  .  PALAR  .  DA  .  TUTTI  .  SON  .  INTESO. 
SENZA  .  PALESO  .  FAR  .  RUMOR  .  L'ORA. 

(without  .  SPEAKING  ,  I  .  AM  .  UNDERSTOOD  .  BY  .  ALL. 
WITHOUT  .  A  .  NOISE  .  I  .  REVEAL  .  THE  .  HOUR). 


It. 


IS  ;  LATER  .  THAN  .  YOU  /THINK. 


ft^^^^e^* 


R, 


EAD     .     ON    .    THIS    .    DIAL    .    HOW    .    THE 

SHADOWS  .  DEVOUR 
MY  .  SHORT-LIVED  .  WINTER'S  .  DAY.     .     HOUR 

EATS  .  UP  .  HOUR 
ALAS  I  .  THE  .  TOTAL'S  .  BUT   .    FROM   .   EIGHT 

TO  .  FOUR. 

38 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

V  OS  .  ESTIS  .  LUX  .  MUNDI. 

(ye  .  ARE  .  THE  .  LIGHT  .  OF  .  THE  .  WORLD). 


M 


^r^l^^t^^ 


AKE  .  THE  .  PASSING  .  SHADOW  .  SERVE 
THY  .  WILL. 


f^^t^r^^^^ 


T, 


HOU  .  BY  .  THE  .  DIAL'S  .  SHADY  .  STEALTH 
MAYST  .  KNOW 
TIME'S   .  THIEVISH    .    PROGRESS    .   TO    .    ETER- 
NITY. 

(Shakespeare's  sonnet  lxxvii.) 

39 


A   BOOK  OF 


OENZA  .  L'UMBRA  .  NON  .  DILETTO, 
E  .  PUR  .  L'UMBRA  .  E  :  MIO  .  DIFETTO. 

(without  .  A  .  SHADOW  .  I  .  PLEASE  .  NOT, 
AND  .  YET  .  A  .  SHADOW  .  IS  .  MY  .  DEFECT). 


I 


N  .    HIS    .    OWN    .    IMAGE    .   THE    .    CREATOR 

MADE, 
HIS    .    OWN   .   PURE    .    SUNBEAM    .    QUICKENED 

THEE— O  .  MAN  ! 
THOU    .    BREATHING    .    DIAL!    .    SINCE    .    THY 

NAME  .  BEGAN 
THE  .  PRESENT  .  HOUR  .  WAS  .  EVER  .  MARKED 

BY  .  SHADE. 


I 


NOTE  .  THE  .  TIME  .  THAT  .  YOU  .  WASTE. 
40 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

VV  HEN  .  THOU  .  DOST  .  LOOK  .  UPON  ,  MY 
FACE, 
TO  .  LEARN  .  THE  .  TIME  .  OF  .  DAY, 
THINK    .    HOW  .  MY  .   SHADOW    .    KEEPS   .    ITS 
PACE, 
AS  .  THY  .  LIFE  .  FLIES  .  AWAY. 
TAKE,  .  MORTAL,  .  THIS  .  ADVICE  .   FROM  .  ME 

AND  .  SO  .  RESOLVE  .  TO  .   SPEND 
THY    .    LIFE    .    ON    .    EARTH,  .  THAT  .    HEAVEN 

SHALL  .  BE 
THY  .  HOME,  .  WHEN  .  TIME  .  SHALL  .  END, 

(in    county    KERRY,    IRELAND). 

OW  .  IS  .  YESTERDAY'S  .  TO-MORROW. 


N 


W„i 


ILST  .  PHCEBUS  .  ON  .  ME  .  SHINES, 
THEN  .  VIEW  .  MY  .  SHADE  .  AND  LINES. 

41 


L 


A   BOOK  OF 


IFE'S  .  BUT  .  A  .  SHADOW 
MAN'S  .  BUT  .  DUST; 
ThIs  .  DIALL  .  SAYS 
DY  .  ALL  .  WE  .  MUST. 


I 


O  .  VADE  .  E  .  VENGO  .  OGNI  .  GIORNO 
MA  .  TU  .  ANDRAI  .  SENZA  .  RITORNO, 

(l  .  GO  .  AND  .  COME  .  EVERY  .  DAY, 

BUT  .  THOU  .  SHALT  .  GO  .  WITHOUT  .  RETURNING). 

(in    a    RIVIERA    garden). 


L. 


CCELO  .  OUIES. 

(in  .  HEAVEN   .  IS  .  REST). 
42 


T 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

V^UI  .  LABORAT  .  ORAT. 

(who  .  WORKS   .    prays), 
(in    LAYLAND    churchyard,    LANCASHIRE). 

RANSIT  .  UMBRA,  .  LUX  .  PERMANET. 

(shadow  .  PASSES  .  LIGHT  .  STAYS). 

J\     .     MOMENT— MARK     .    HOW    .    SMALL    .    A 

SPACE 
THE  .  DIAL  .  SHOWS  .  UPON  .  THE  .  FACE; 
YET  .  WASTE  .  BUT  .  ONE— AND  .  YOU  .  SEE 
OF  .  HOW  .  GREAT  .  MOMENT  .  IT  .  CAN  .  BE. 

(at   oxford    on    a  DIAL  BEARING    THE    ARMS    OF    THE    EARL    OF 
WHARTON,  1691  —  1702). 

43 


A   BOOK  OF 

VV  HAT  .  THOU  .  SEEKEST  .  IS  .  A  .  SHADOW. 

Jr  EREUNT  .  ET  .  IMPUTANTUR. 

(they  .  PASS  .  AND  .  ARE  .   RECKONED). 

1    .  STAND  .  ON  .  EARTH. 


T 


EMPORA     .     LABUNTUR     .     Q\3JE     .     NOBIS 
PEREUNT  .  ET  .  IMPUTANTUR. 


(time    .    GLIDES    .    BY,  ,  WHICH  .  PERISHES  .  FOR  .  US  .  AND  .  IS 

reckoned). 

(at  adlington). 

44 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

M 


ARK  .  THE  .  MOMENTS  .  TROD  .  FOR 
GOOD  .  OR  .  ILL. 

(on    WARWICK    priory). 

OE.il.  sole  :  SI  .  VEDE 
NESSUN  .  MI  .  CREDE. 

(if  i  THE  .  SUN  .  SHINES  .  NOT 
NONE  .  WILL  .  BELIEVE  .  IN  .  ME). 


Sb. 


NON    .    RILUCE    .    IL   .    SOLE,    .    NESSUM 
MIA  .  GUARDA. 


(if  .  NO  .  SUN  .  SHINES,  .  NO  .  ONE  .  LOOKS  .  AT  .  ME). 

.EDEEM  .  YE  .  TIME. 
45 


R, 


A  BOOK  OF 

A 


I 


FTER  .  DARKNESS,  .  THE  .  LIGHT. 
OlCUT  .  UMBRA. 

(as  .  A  .  shadow). 


'M    .    GOING    .    WHERE    .    TIME    .    FOLLOWS 
NOT— WHERE  .  IS  .  ETERNITY. 


^^^f^^^^^ 


V, 


IVERE  .    DISCE. 
COGITA  .  MORI. 

(lEARx^  .  HOW  .  TO  .  LIVE 
THINK  .  HOW  .  TO  .  DIE). 

46 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

OlC  .  VITA  .  TRANSIT. 

(so  .  PASSES  .   life). 

^IC  .   FORTUNA  .  VOLUTAT. 

(so  .  FORTUNE  .  TURNETH). 


W 


^*'e^*'«^* 


E  .  MAY  .  NOT  .  STAY. 


e^^e^^'e^^ 


1   HE  .  SILENT  .  SHADOW  .  SPEAKSe 
DOST  ,  THOU  .  HEED? 

47 


A   BOOK  OF 

OOLAREM   .    SIGNAT   .    LINEA   .    PICTA   .   VIAM. 

(the   .  PAINTED    .  LINE  .  MARKS  .  THE  .  SUN's  .  PATH), 

V  IVITE,  .  AIT,  .  FUGIO. 

("  LIVE  .  YE  "  .  IT  .  SAYS  :  .  "  I  .  FLY  "). 


S 


INGE  .  EVERY  .  ONE  .  HATH,  .  EVERY  .  ONE, 
ONE  .  SHADE, 
AND    .    YOU,     .     BUT     .     ONE,    .     CAN    .    EVERY 
SHADOW  .  LEND. 

(Shakespeare's  sonnet  liii.) 

i  IME  .  IS  .  THE  .  MONITOR  .  OF  .  LIFE. 

48 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

<^\  .  SOL  .  DEFICIET  .  NEMO  .  NE  .  ASPICIET. 

(if  .  THE  .  SUN  .  PAILS,  .  NO  .  ONE  .  WILL  .  LOOK  .  ON  .  HB). 

JlLhEU  .  FUGACES  .  LABUNTUR   .   ANNl. 

— Horace. 

(so  .  THE  .  FLEETING  .  YEARS  .  GO  .  BY). 


^^^$^F^^^^ 


V, 


IVENS  .  MORTALIS. 

(he  .  THAT  .  LIVES  .  IS  .  MORTAL). 

/\llez  .  vous. 

(pass  .  on). 
49 


I 


A   BOOK  OF 

TER  .  ENIM  .  JUSTORUM  .  SIMILE  .  EST  .  LUCI 
SPLENDID^,  .  PERGENTI  .  LUCERE: 
ADEO  .  UT  .  CORUM  .  QUISQUE  .  SIT 
STABILIS  .  DIE. 

(the   .   PATH    .    OF    .    THE    .    JUST    .    IS    .    AS    .    THE    .    SHINING 

LIGHT,    .   THAT  .   SHINETH    .    MORE   .  AND    .    MORE    .    UNTO  .  THE 

PERFECT  .  day). 

OHADOW  .  AND  .  SHINE  .  IS  .  LIFE. 

(tENNYSON's    "  GRANDMOTHER  "). 

L^IFE  .  IS  .  A  .  VAIN  .  SHADOW. 


S 


HORT    .    THE    .    DAY    .    AND    .    GREAT    .    THE 
WORK. 

50 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

OeE  .  THE  .  LITTLE  .  DAY-STAR  .  MOVING 
LIFE  .  AND  .  TIME  .  ARE  .  WORTH  .  IMPROVING 
SEIZE    .    THE    .    MOMENTS,    .    WHILE    .    THEY 
STAY: 
SEIZE  .  AND  .  USE  .  THEM 
LEST  .  YOU  .  LOSE  .  THEM 
AND  .  LAMENT  .  THE  .  WASTED  .  DAY. 


^£^^^2^^^^ 


A, 


MENDE  .  TO-DAY  .  AND  .  SLACK  .  NOT, 
DETHE  .  COMETH  .  AND  .  WARNETH  .  NOT, 
TYME  .   PASSETH  .  AND  .   SPEKETH  .  NOT. 


^^^t^^f^^ 


n 


T  .  VITA  .  FINIS  .  ITA. 

(as  .  LIFE  .  IS  .  SO  .  IS  .  ITS  .  END). 
(on    the    tower    of   CHELSEA   OLD   CHURCH). 

51 


A   BOOK  OF 

JJEGONE  .  ABOUT  .  YOUR  .   BUSINESS. 

1   IME    .    WAS,    .    IS   .    PAST;    .    THOU    .    CANST 

NOT  .  IT  .  RECALL: 
TIME    .    IS,    .    THOU    .    HAST;    .    EMPLOY    .    THE 

PORTION  .  SMALL: 
TIME  .  FUTURE  .  IS  .  NOT;  .  AND  .  MAY  .  NEVER 

BE: 
TIME  .  PRESENT  .  IS  .  THE  .  ONLY  .  TIME  .  FOR 

THEE. 


w 


ATCH   .  AND  .   PRAY. 
JlVESPICITIE,  .  NON  .  MIHI  .  SOLE  .  LABORAVI. 

(mark  .  YE,  .  NOT  ,  FOR  .  MYSELF  .  OXLY  .  HAVE  .  I  .  TOILED). 

52 


SUNDIAL    MOTTOES. 

1   IME     .     FLIES.      .     LINES     .      RISE     .     AND 
SHADOWS  .  FALL. 
LET  .  IT  .  PASS  .  BY. 
LOVE  .  REIGNS  .  FOR  .  EVER  .  OVER  .  ALL. 

i    .  WAKEN  .  WITH  .  THE  ,  RISING  .  SUN, 
AND  .  SLEEP  .  WHEN  .  HIS  .  LONG  .  COURSE  .  IS 
RUN. 

J\  .  CLOCK  .  THE   .   TIME   .   MAY   .  WRONGLY 
TELL; 

i,  .  never,  .  if  .  the  .  sun  .  shines  .  well. 

Shadows    .  'are    .    we    .    and    .    like 
shadows  .  depart. 

53 


D 


A  BOOK  OF 

vJmNIA  .  PERT  .  ^TAS. 

(time  .  BRINGS  .  ALL  .  THINGS). 

AMNOSA  .   QUID   .   NON  .  IMMINUIT  .  DIES? 


(what  .  IS  .  THERE  .  WASTING  .  TIME  .  DOES  .  NOT  .  IMPAIR  ?) 

— From  Horace, 

(on   A    SUNDIAL   IN   A   VENETIAN    GARDEN). 


T 


^^W^^W^^V 


HE  .  UTMOST  .  FOR  .  THE  .   HIGHEST. 


(the   motto  on  the  SUNDIAL  BELONGING  TO  G.  F.  WATTS,  R.A., 
AT  HIS    RESIDENCE,    LIMNERSLEASE,    COHPTON). 

Live  .  to-day. 

54 


T 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

HY   .   DIAL  .  .  .   WILL   .    SHOW  .    HOW  .  THY 
PRECIOUS  .  MINUTES  .  WASTE. 

(Shakespeare's  sonnet  lxxvii.) 


V, 


ADAM  .  ET  .  REVERTAR. 

(l  ,  SHALL  .  GO  .  AND  .  RETURN). 

Induce  .  animum  .  sapientem. 

(take  .  TO    .  THYSELF  .  A  .  WISE  .  WORD). 

OOL  .  REGIT  .  OMNIA. 

(the  .  SUN  .  RULES  .  ALL). 

55 


A  BOOK  OF 

L 


EARN  .  TO  .  VALUE  .  YOUR  .  TIME. 


J\  ONE  .  CAN  .  CALL  .  AGAIN  .  THE  .  PASSED 

TIME; 

OHINING  .  SPOT  .  FOR  .  EVER  .  SHINING 
BRIGHTEST  .  HOURS  .  HAVE  .  NO  .  ABIDING. 
USE  .  THY  .  GOLDEN  .  MOMENTS  .  WELL. 

LIFE  .  IS  .  WASTING 

DEATH  .  IS  .  HASTING. 
DEATH  .  CONSIGNS  .  TO  .  HEAVEN  .  OR  .  HELL. 

V  IVE    .   MEMOR  .  LETHl,  .  FUGIT  .  HORA- 

(live  .  REMEMBERING  .  DEATH,  .  THE  .  HOUR  .  FUBS). 
56 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

OOL  .  GLORIA  .  MUNDI. 

(the  .  SUN  .  IS  .  THE  .  WORLD'S  .  GLORY). 

InIMICUM  .  TIBI?  .  QUARE  .    FACIEM    .    TUAM 
ABSCONDAS,  .  ET  .  REPUTES  .  ME. 

(wherefore    .  HIDEST   .  THOD   .  THY  .   FACE   .  AND  .  BOLDEST 
ME  .  THINE  .  ENEMY  ?) 


^^W^^W^^V 


V  ENI,  . 


VIDE,  .  VALE. 

(comb,  .  SEE,  .  farewell). 

VERY  .  DAY  .  BRINGS  .  LIFE  .  NEARER. 
57 


A  BOOK  OF 

W  HAT  .  IS  .  YOUR  .  SUBSTANCE,  .  WHEREOF 

ARE  .  YOU  .  MADE, 
THAT  .  MILLIONS  .  OF  .   STRANGE  .  SHADOWS 
ON  .  YOU  .  TEND? 


(Shakespeare's  .  sonnet  .  liii). 

OlC 

^e^^ 

.  LABITUR  .  AETAS. 

(thus 

;  .  slips  .  LIFE  .  away). 

OUB  . 

^J^J' 

UMBRA  .  QUIESCUNT. 

(under 

.   SHADOW  .  THEY  .  REST). 

OUB 

^e^jifc 

.  LUCE  .  GAUDENT. 

(under  .  LIGHT  .  THEY  .  REJOICE), 

58 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 


U 


V. 


o 


T  .  FiLII  .  LUCIS  .  INCEDITE. 

(walk  .  AS  .  CHILDREN  .  OF  .  LIGHT). 

OLAT  .  TEMPUS. 
(time  .  turns). 

MNES  .  VOS  .  FILII  .  LUCIS  .  ESTIS,  .  AC 
PILII  .  DIEI:  .  NON  .  SUMUS  .  FILII 
NOCTIS,  .  NEQUE  ;  TENEBRARUM, 


(ye  .  ARE  .  ALL  •  THE  .  CHILDREN  '  OF  ;  LIGHT,  .  AND  .  THE 

CHILDREN  .  OF  .  THE  .  DAY  ;  .  WE  .  ARE  .  NOT  .  OF  .  THE 

NIGHT,  .  NOR  .  THE  .  DARKNESS). 


I 


USTUM  .  ET  .  .EQUUN. 

(just  .  AND   .  fair). 

59 


A  BOOK  OF 

R 


ETAIN     .     YOUR     .     LOYALTY,     .    PRESERVE 
YOUR  .  RIGHTS. 


JUlES  .  AD  .  DIEM    .    EURETAT   .    SERMONEM. 

(day  .  UNTO  .  DAY  .  UTTERETH  .  SPEECH). 

OAPIENTIS  .  EST  .  NUMERARE. 

(it  .  IS   .  THE  .  WISE  .  WHO  .  NUMBER). 

W  ELL  .  ARRANGED  .  TIME  .  IS  .  THE 
SUREST  .  SIGN  .  OF  .  A  .  WELL 
ARRANGED  .  MIND. 

60 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

Jll/RIT     .     NOMEN     .     EJUS    .     IN    .    SECULUM, 
DURANTE  .  SOLE. 

(his  .  NAME  .  SHALL  .  ENDURE  .  FOR  .  EVER,  .  HIS  .  NAME 
SHALL  .  BE  .  CONTINUED  .  AS  .  LONG  .  AS  .  THE  .  SUN). 

V^'EST  .  L'HEURE  .  DE  .  BOIRE. 

(this  .  IS  .  THE  .  HOUR  .  FOR  ,  DRINKING). 
(on    an    INN  AT    LILBOURNE). 

I\.W  .  WHAT  .  IS  .  HUMAN  .  LIFE! 

HOW  .  LIKE  .  THE  .  DIAL'S  .  TARDY   .  MOVING 

SHADE: 
DAY     .     AFTER     .     DAY     .     GLIDES     .     BY     .     US 

UNPERCEIVED, 
YET  .  SOON  .  MAN'S  ,  LIFE  .  IS  .  UP  .  ANDJ.  WE 

ARE  .  GONE. 

61 


A   BOOK  OF 


D 


D 


EUS  .  ADEST  .  LABORANTIBUS. 

(god  .  STANDS  .  BY  .  THE  .  WORKER). 

Loose  .  no  .  time. 


lALL  (loq.)     STAIE,  .  PASSINGER 

TELL  .  ME  .  MY  .  NAME, 
THY  .  NATVRE. 

THY  .  NAME  .  IS  .  DIE 
ALL.     I   .  AM  .  A  .  MORTALL 
CREATVRE. 

SINCE  .  MY  .  NAME 
AND  .  THY  .  NATVRE 

SO  .  AGREE, 
THINK  .  ON  .  THY  .  SELFE 
WHEN  .  THOU  .  LOOKST 

VPON  .  ME. 


PASS,  (resp.) 


DIALL  (loq.) 


62 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

In    .    VIIS    .    TUIS    .    RESPLENDEBIT    .    LUX. 

(the  .  LIGHT  .  SHALL  .  SHINE  .  UPON  .  THY  .  WAYS). 

WlD  .  TIME  .  IS  .  STILL  .  A-FLYING. 

— Herrick, 


A 


NNON     .     PAULISPER      .     DIEBUS     .     MEIS 
CESSABIT? 

(are  .  NOT  .  MY  .  DAYS  .  FEW  ?) 

i  EMPUS  .  ACCEPTUM. 

(now  .  IS  .  THE  .  ACCEPTED  .  TIME). 

63 


A  BOOK  OF 


U 


TERE  .  NON  .  NUMERA. 

(employ  .  THEM,  .  COUNT  .  THEM  .  NOT). 

V  IVl   .  BREV'ORE,  .   INDI   .  A   .    SERRAR   .  VAI 
GLI  .  OCCHI. 

(live  .  YOUR  .  BRIEF  .  HOUR  .  THEN  .  FOR  ,  EVER  .  CLOSE 
YOUR  .  eyes). 

JILt      ;      IPSE      .     MUTAT     .     TEMPORA    .     ET 
TEMPESTATES. 

(he  .  CHANGETH  .  the  .  TIMES  .  AND  .  THE  .  SEASONS). 

VV  AIT  .  NOT  .  FOR  .  TO-MORROW. 
64 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

VyMNIBUS  .  LUCET. 

(the  .  LIGHT  .  SHINES  .  FOR  .  ALL). 


O 


NLY  .  AS  .   I   .  ABIDE    .    IN    .    THE    .    LIGHT 
OF  .  HEAVEN 
DO  .  I  .  FULFIL  .  THE  .  WILL  .  OP  .  MY  .  MAKER. 


T 


HE  .  SHADOW  •  OF  .  THE  .  ETERNAL. 


I 


N  .  HORA  .  NULLA  .  MORA. 

(in  .  THE  .  HOUR  .  IS  .  NO  .  DELAY). 
65 


w 


A  BOOK  OF 

In  .  GOD'S  .  GOOD  .  TIME. 

VyPPOSTO  .  DI  .  ME— 
PENSI  .  DI  .  TE. 

(think  .  NOT  .  OF  .  ME 

THINK  .  OF  .  thyself). 

JUlSCE  .  DIES  .  NUMERARE  .  TUOS. 

(learn  .  TO  .  NUMBER  .  THY  .  DAYS). 

ITH     .     MY     .     SHADOW     .    MOVES    .    THE 
WORLD. 

66 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 


Y, 


ESTERDAY'S  .  GONE,  .  TO-DAY  .  IS  .  HERE, 
TO-MORROW  .  NEVER  .  MAY  .  APPEAR. 


o 


UR  .  LIFE'S  .  A  .  FLYING  .  SHADOW,  .  GOD'S 
THE  .  POLE, 
DEATH    .   THE    .    HORIZON,    .    WHERE    .    OUR 
SUN  .  IS  .  SET; 
THE  .  INDEX,  .  POINTING  .  AT  .  HIM,  .  IS  .  OUR 
SOUL, 
AND     .     WILL     ;     THROUGH     .     CHRIST    .     A 
RESURRECTION  .  GET. 

(milton  church,  berks.) 

1   HEY  .  (THE  .  HOURS)  .  PERISH  .  AND  .  ARE 
NOT  .  THOUGHT  .  OF. 

67 


A   BOOK    OF 

JL    ER  .   1  .   FELICI    .    ED    .    I    .    TRISTI   .   SEGNO 
UGUALMENTE  .  LE  .  ORE. 

(for   .   THE  .  HAPPY  .  AND  .  THE  .  SAD  .  I  .  MARK  .  THE  .  HOURS 

alike). 
IN  IL  .  SINE  .  NOBIS. 

(nothing  .  exists  .  WITHOUT  .  US). 


A: 


.S  .  SILENT  .  I  .  STAND  .  MID  .  Y^  .  FLOWERS 
I  .  RECKON  .  ALL  .  YE  .  PASSING  .  HOURS, 
GAZER,  .  WHO  .  LOOKEST  .  ON  .  ME  .  NOW, 
THE   .    HOURS   .   OF   .    LIFE    .    DOST    .    RECKON 
THOU? 


T 


HE  .  HOURS  .  FLY  .  FAST  .  ON  .  WINGS  .  OF 
LIGHT. 

68 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 


N. 


OISELESS  .  FALLS  .  THE  .  FOOT  .  OF  .  TIME 
WHICH  .  ONLY  .  TREADS  .  ON  .  FLOWERS. 

INI  ON  .  REDIBO. 

(l  .  SHALL  .  NOT  .  RETURN). 

IJE    .    W^ATCHFUL    .    THOU,    .    TIME    .    POSTS 

AWAY  .  AMAIN, 
NOR    .    CAN    .    THE    .    HOUR    .    THAT'S    .    PAST 

RETURN  .  AGAIN. 


^^^^^^ 


N 


ON  .  TARDUM  .  OPPERIOR. 

(not  .  FOR  .  THE  .  SLOW  .  DO  .  I  .  TARRY). 

69 


A   BOOK  OF 

N 


OS  .  EXIGUUM  .  TEMPUS  .  HABEMUS,  .  SED 
MULTUM  .  PERDIMUS. 

(a  .  LITTLE  .  TIME  .  HAVE  .  WE,  .  BUT  .  WASTE  .  MUCH). 


N 


N 


OW  .  OR  .  WHEN  ? 

(BEVERLEY    MINSTER). 

LrUX  .  TUA  .  VITA  .  MEA. 

(thy  .  LIGHT  .  MY  .  LIFE). 

OTHING  ,  IS  .  TRUE  .   BUT    .  THE  .   LIGHT. 
70 


SUNDIAL    MOTTOES, 

IVIaNEO  .  NEMINI. 

(l  .  WAIT  .  FOR  .  none). 

VV  HEN  .  THOU   .   DOST  .  GAZE  .  UPON   .  MY 

FACE 
THINK    .    THEN    .    OF    .    TIME,    .    HOW    .    SWIFT 

HIS  .  PACE, 
AND  .  THAT.  WITH  .  EVERY  .  MOMENT  .  FLOWN 
THY  .  OPPORTUNITY  .  IS  .  GONE. 

iVl  EMOR  .  ESTO  .  BREVIS  .  AEVI. 

(remember    .    HOW  .  BRIEF  .  IS  .  LIFE). 


M 


ISSPEND  .  NO  .  TIME. 
71 


A  BOOK  OF 

T 


HE  .  SHADOW  .  FLIES  .  AND  .  IT  .  IS  .  SEEN 
NO  .  MORE. 


^^r^t^r^^^^ 


Mv. 


HOURES    .    ARE    .    MADE    .    OF    .    SUN 
AND  .  SHADE 
TAKE   .    HEDE   .   OF   .   WHAT   .  YOUR  .   HOURES 
BE  .  MADE. 


^^'^T^^* 


L 


L 


IFE  .  AS  .  THIS  .  SHADE 
DOTH  .  FLY  .  AND  .  FADE. 

IFE  .  IS  .  SHORT,  .  TIME  .  IS  .  SWIFT,  .  MUCH 
IS  .  TO  .  BE  ,  DONE. 

72 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES, 

JLuCEM  .  DEMONSTRAT  .  UMBRA. 
(light  .  SHOWS  .  shadow). 

L/UX  .  DIEI,  .  LEX  .  DEI. 

(the  .  LIGHT  .  OF  .  DAY,  .  THE  .  LAW  .  OF  .  GOD). 

1   HE  .  CARELESS  .   LOOK  .   AND    .    DO    .    NOT 

HEED, 
THE  .  WISE  .  TAKE  .  NOTE  .    AS    .    ME    .   THEY 
READ  : 

TEMPUS  .  FUGIT. 

Lux  .  ET  .  UMBRA  .  VICISSIM  .  SED  .  SEMPER 
AMOR. 

(light  .  AND    .    SHADOW  .  BY  .  TURNS  .  BUT  .  ALWAYS  .  LOVE). 

73 


A   BOOK  OF 

OO  .  GLIDES  .  THE    .   HOURS,    .    SO    .    WEARS 

THE  .  DAY, 
THESE  .  MOMENTS  .  MEASURE  .  LIFE  .  AWAY. 
WITH  .  ALL  .   ITS  .  TRAINS  .  OF  .  HOPE  .  AND 

FEAR; 
TILL  .  SHIFTING  .  SCENES  .  OF  .  SHADE  .  AND 

LIGHT 

RISE  .  TO  .  THE  .  ETERNAL  .  DAY,  .  OR  .  SINK 

IN  .  ENDLESS  .  NIGHT. 

—Dr.  Watts. 

/Vs  .  TYME  .  DOTH  .  HASTE 
SO  .  LIFE  .  DOTH  .  WASTE. 


o 


^^  ^^^  f^^ 

UR  .  DAYS  .  DECLINE   .  LIKE  .  A  .  SHADOW. 

vJuR  .  TIME'S  .  AT  .  HAND. 
74 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

i  .  SHINE  .  NOT  .  FOR  .  ONE  .  BUT  .  FOR  .  ALL. 

IVi  UNDI  .  OCULUS. 

(the  .  EYE  .  OF  .  THE  .  WORLD). 


O 


MNIA     .     SUNT     .    HOMINUM    .    PENDENTIA 
FILO. 


(all  .  THE  .  THINGS  .  OF  .  MAN  .  HANG  .  UPON  .  A  .  THREAD), 

i   HE  .  SHADOWES  .  FLOWN;  .   RETURN    .    NO 
MORE. 

75 


A   BOOK  OF 

JlLsT  .   MORA. 

(it  .  IS  .  THE  .  hour). 

WRA  .  NE  .  TE  .  ULTIME  .  FALLAT. 

(pray  .  LEST  .  THE  .  LAST  .  HOUR  .  COME  .  UNAWARES). 

VERBIS  .  ET  .  UMBRA. 

(a  .  CIRCLE  .  AND    .  A  .  SHADOW). 

vJrIENS  .  SOL  .  ADORNATUR. 

(the  .  RISING  .  SUN  .  IS  .  ADORNED). 
76 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

IN  OW  .  MAYEST  .  THOU  .  LEARN  .  FROM  .  THE 
PAST. 

WBSERVE   .    HOW   .    FAST   .   TIME  .   HURRIES 

PAST, 
THEN    .    USE    .    EACH    .    HOUR,    .    WHILE    .    IN 

YOUR  .  POWER 
FOR  .  COMES  .  THE  .  SUN,  .  BUT  .  TIME  .  FLIES 

ON, 
PROCEEDING  .  EVER  .  RETURNING  ,  NEVER. 

vJf  .  SHADE  .  AND  .  SUNSHINE  .  FOR  .  EACH 
HOUR 

SEE  .  HERB  .  A  .  MEASURE  .  MADE: 
THEN  .  WONDER  .  NOT  .  IF  .  LIFE  .  CONSIST 

OF  .  SUNSHINE   .  AND  .  OF  .  SHADE. 

77 


A   BOOK  OF 

/VuT  .  DISCE,  .  AUT  .  DISCED. 

(either  .  LEARN  .  OR  .  GO). 

1   HE    .    SUN    .    ON    .    ME    .    DOTH    .    SHADOW 
THROW, 
WHAT    .    SHALL  .  THIS  .  DAY  .  THY  .  MORROW 
SHOW? 

/VfFLICTIS    .    LENTAE. 

(time  .  IS  .  SLOW  .  TO  .  THE    .  SORROWFUL). 

Le  .  TEMPS   .  PASSE,  .  L'AMITIE  .  RESTE. 

(time  .    PASSES,  .  FRIENDSHIP  .  STAYS). 

78 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

VjrOD  .  GIVETH  .  ALL. 

VjriVE  .  GOD  .  THY  .  HEART,  .  THY  .  HOPES, 
THY  .  SERVICE,  .  AND  .  THY  .  GOLD. 

THE  .  DAY  .  WEARS  .  ON,  .  AND  .  TIME  .  IS 
WAXING  .  OLD. 

vJpPORTUNITY  .  HAS  .  LOCKS  .  IN  .  FRONT 
AND  .  IS  .  BALD  .  BEHIND. 


t^"<^*4^* 


D 


IBS  .  SERENUS. 
SERENUS  .   SIT  .  ANIMUS. 

(thy  .  DAYS  .  BE  .  BRIGHT. 
BRIGHT  .  BE  .  THY  .  SPIRIT). 

79 


A  BOOK  OF 

LJeUS  .  EST  .  LUMEN  .  LUxMINIS. 

(god  .  IS  .  THE  .  LIGHT  .  OF  .  LIGHT). 


I 


^^^^^^^^ 


.  WISH  .  THE  .  SUN  .  WOULD  .  SHINE  .  ON 
ALL  .  MEN'S  .  FRUITS  .  AND  .  FLOWERS 
AS  .  WELL  .  AS  ;  MINE. 

(in  the  garden  of  belcarres,  fife). 


^^^f^^f^^ 


I 


.  GIVE  .  MEN  .  WARNING  .  HOW  .  THE 
HOURS  .  FLY, 
FOR  .  MEN  .  ARE  .  SHADOWS  .  AND  .  A 
SHADOW  .  I. 

80 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 


M 


Y  .  HOURS  .  ARE  .  SUMMED  .  IN  .  SHINE 
AND  .  SHADE; 
OF  .  JOY  .  AND  .  SADNESS  .  MAN'S  .  ARE 
MADE. 


^^^^^r^t^r^ 


H 


OW  .  LONG  .  IS  .  TIME?  .  ASK  .  THOU  .  OF 
ME; 
HOW    .    FLEET    .    IS    .    TIME?    .    I    .    ASK    .    OF 
THEE. 


H 


f^^f2^f^^ 


ORA,     .     DIES,     .     ET    ,    VITA    .    FUGUINT; 
MANET  .  UNICA  .  VIRTUS. 


(the    .    HOUR,    .    DAY,    .   AND    .    LIFE    .  ALL  .  FLY,  .  ONLY  .  VIRTUE 

remains). 

81  o 


A  BOOK  OF 

>^OMNO  .  SUGERE. 

(awake  .  FROM  .  sleep). 


T 


HIS  .   IS  .  YOUR  .   HOUR,  .  ACCEPT  .  IT. 

il  E  .  THAT  .  WOULD  .  THRIVE  .  MUST  .  RISE 

AT  .  FIVE. 
HE   .   THAT   .    HATH    .   THRIVEN    .    MUST  .   STAY 

TILL  .  SEVEN, 
HE  .  THAT  .  WILL  .  NEVER  .  THRIVE,  .  MAY  .  LIE 

TILL  .  ELEVEN. 

i   .  HAVE  .  NO  .  VOICE  .  AND  .  YET  .  I  .  SPEAK, 
TAKE  .   HEED  .  WHEN   .  YOU  .  THE  .  TIME  .  DO 
SEEK. 

82 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

I  'AVANCE. 

(l  .  PASS  .  along). 

Irrevocabile. 

(never  .  to  .  be  ,  recalled). 


I 


MPROVE    .    THE    .    PRESENT    .    HOUR,    .    FOR 
ALL  .  BESIDE 
IS  .  A  .  MERE  .  FEATHER  .  ON  .  A  .  TORRENT'S 
TIDE. 

IcH  .  DIEN. 

(i  .  serve). 
83 


A  BOOK  OF 

V-^OUNT  .  THE  .  HOURS  .  AS  .  ONE  .  BY  .  ONE 
THEY  .  FLY. 

1  >1  OR  .  DO  .  I  .  BEG  .  THIS  .  SLENDER     NICHE, 

TO  .  WHILE 
MY  .  TIME  .  AWAY,  .  OR  .  SAFELY  .  TO  .  BEGUILE 
MY     .     THOUGHTS     .     WITH      .      JOY,— THERE'S 

NOTHING  .  WORTH  .  A  .  SMILE. 

/\bIIT  .  DIES,  .  QUIA  .  INCLINARUNT  .  UMBRAE 
VESPERTINE. 

(the  .  DAY  .  GOETH  .  AWAY,  .  AND  .   THE    .    SHADOWS  .  OF  .  THE 
EVJMIING  .  ARE  .  STRETCHED  .  OUT). 

OOL  .  SOLUS  .  SOLVIT. 

(the  .  SUN  .  IS  .  THE  .  ONLY  .  SOLVER). 
84 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

OO  .  FLYS  .  LIFE  .  AWAY. 

IN  ONEO,  .  DUM  .  MOVEO. 

(l  .  WARN  .  AS  .  I  .  move). 

i  HE  .  MOMENT  .  PAST 
LAID  .  MANY  .  FAST. 


^r^^^t^^ 


N 


E  .  QUID  .  PEREAT. 

(let  .  NOTHING  .  BE  .  LOST). 
85 


A   BOOK   OF 

IN  IHIL  .  VOLENTIBUS  .  ARDUUM. 

(to  .  THE  .  WILLING  .  NOTHING  .  IS  .  DIFFICULT). 

OPLENDETIS  .  UT  ,  FACES  .  IN  ;  MUNDO. 

(ye  .  SHINE  .  AS  .  LIGHTS  .  IN  .  THE  .  WORLD). 

V  EDI   .  L'ORA  .  MIA,  .  E  .  L'ORA  .  TUA  .   NON 
SAI? 

(thou  .  SEEST  .  MY  .  HOUR,  .  BEHOLDEST  .  THOU  .  THINE  ?) 

1   EMPUS  .  NON  .  FORE  .  AMPLIUS. 

(that  .  THERE  .  SHOULD  .  BE  .  TIME  .  NO  .  LONGER). 
86 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 


L 


UX  .   FATA  .  EST  .  JUSTO. 

(light  .  IS  .  SOWN  .  FOR  .  THE  .  RIGHTEOUS). 


OlC    .    PETIS    .    HORA    .    QUOTA    .    EST,   .    DUM 
PETIS  .  HORA  .  FUGIT. 

(thou  .  SEEKEST  .  THE  .  HOUR,  .  WHILE  .  THOU  .  SEEKEST, 
THE  .  HOUR  .  flies). 


N 


^^^^^ft^' 


OVIT  .  QUAD  .  IN    .   TENEBRIS    .    EST,   .    ET 
LUX  .  CUM  .  EO  .  HABITAT. 


(he  .  KNOWETH  .  WHAT  .  IS  .  IN  .  THE    .    DARKNESS,  .  AND  .  THE 
LIGHT  .  DWELLETH  .  WITH  .  HIM). 

87 


A  BOOK  OF 


I 


MARK    .    NOT    .    THE    .    HOURS    .    UNLESS 

THEY  .  BE  .  BRIGHT, 
I  .  MARK.  NOT  .  THE  .  HOURS  .  OF  .  DARKNESS 

AND  .  NIGHT. 
MY  .    PROMISE    .    IS   .    SOLELY   .   TO   .    FOLLOW 

THE  .  SUN 
AND    ,    POINT    .    OUT    .    THE    .    COURSE    .    HIS 

CHARIOT  .  DOTH   .  RUN. 


^^fj^^^* 


■s 


IC  .   TRANSIT,"  .   SAYEST   .   THOU?    .   WELL, 

THEN,  .  LET  .  IT  .  PASS! 
WOULD'ST    .    BE    .    A    .    GLUTTON    .    AT    .    THE 

FEAST  .  OF  .  LIFE, 
AND  .  EAT  .  AND   .   EAT,    .   AND    .    EVER   .    FILL 

THY  .  GLASS? 
WELL-FED,    .   CONTENT   .    LAYS    .    DOWN    .    HIS 

FORK  .  AND  .  KNIFE. 

88 


SUNDIAL    MOTTOES. 


D 


O  .  TO-DAY'S  .  WORK  .  TO-DAY. 

-T  OR  .  IN  .  AND  .  OUT,  .  ABOVE  .  US  .  AND 
BELOW, 

'TIS  .  NOTHING  .  BUT  .  A  .  MAGIC  .  SHADOW- 
SHOW 

PLAYED  .  IN  .  A  .  BOX  .  WHOSE  .  CANDLE  .  IS 
THE  .  SUN, 

ROUND  .  WHICH  .  WE  .  PHANTOM  .  FIGURES 
COME  .  AND  .  GO. 

— Omar  Khayyam, 

L^IFE'S  .  BUT  .  A  .  SHORT  .  DAY, 
BUT  .  IT  .  IS  .  A  .  WORKING  .  DAY. 


^^r^^^^f^r^ 


T, 


IME  .  FLEETETH  .  AWAY 
WITHOUT  .  DELAY. 

89 


A  BOOK  OF 


T 


IME'S  .  A  .  TORRENT'S  .  RAPID  .  STREAM; 
TIME'S  .  A  .  SHADOW,  .  TIME'S  .  A  .  DREAM; 
TIME'S  .  THE  .  CLOSING  .  WATCH  .  OF  .  NIGHT, 
DYING  .  AT  .  THE  .  RISING  .  LIGHT. 
TIME'S  .  A  .  BUBBLE  .  ON  .  TIME'S  .  SEA, 
USE  .  TIME  .  WELL  .  WHILE  .  TIME'S    .   WITH 
THEE. 


T 


O 


HINK  .  AND  .  THANK. 


NCE   .  AT  .  A  .  POTENT  .  LEADER'S  .  VOICE 

I  .  STAYED; 
ONCE  .  I   .  WENT  .  BACK  .  WHEN    .    A   .    GOOD 

MONARCH  .  PRAYED; 
MORTALS,      .      HOWE'ER      .      WE       .       GRIEVE, 

HOWE'ER  .  DEPLORE, 
THE  .  FLYING  .  SHADOW  .  WILL  .  RETURN  .  NO 

MORE. 

90 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

T 


HE  .  TIME  .  TO  .   COME    .    IS   ,    NO   .    MORE 
OURS  .  THAN  .  THE  .  PAST. 


-Life  .  is  .  a  .  passing  .  shadow  . . .  the 
shadow  .  of  .  a  .  bird  .  in  .  his 

FLIGHT. 

— From  the  Talmud, 

i  HE  .  TIME    .  THOU    .   KILLEST  .  WILL   .    IN 
TIME  .  KILL  .  THEE. 

L-/ET    .     PLEASURE     .     BE     .     GRANTED    .    TO 

YOUTH; 
BUT  .  SINCE  .  HUMAN  .  LIFE  .  IS  .  SOON  .  RUN, 
AND  .  HAS  .  BUT— TO  .  SPEAK  .  SOBER  .  TRUTH- 
TWO  .  MOMENTS —LET  .  WISDOM  .  HAVE  .  ONE. 

91 


A   BOOK  OF 


H 


OURS  .  FLY, 
FLOWERS  .  DIE, 
NEW  .  DAYS, 
NEW  .  WAYS, 
PASS  .  BY  ; 
LOVE  .  STAYS. 


T, 


RADITUR  .  DIES  .  DIE 
NOVAEQUE  .  PERGUNT  .  INTERIRE  .  LUNAE. 

(day   .    DISPLACES    .    DAY   .   AND    .    NEW   .    MOONS  .  HASTEN  .  ON- 
WARD .  BUT  .  TO  .  fade). 

— From  Horace, 

(on   a    sundial    in   a   GRECIAN    GARDEN). 

^2^  9^^  9^^ 


D 


UM  .  VIVIMUS  .  VIVAMUS. 

(live  .  WHILE  .  YOU  .  LIVE). 

92 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 


D 


ICIMUS  .  INTEGRO 
SICCI  .  MANE  .  DIE,  .  DICIMUS  .  UVIDI, 
QUUM  .  SOL  .  OCEANO  .  SUBEST. 

(so    .    PRAY   .   WE    .    SOBER   .   IN    .   THE  .  MORNING,  .  WHEN  .  THE 

DAY  .  IS  .  BEFORE  .  US  ;  .  SO  .  PRAY  .  WE  .  .  .  WHEN  .  THE  .  SUN 

SINKS  .  BENEATH  .  THE  .  OCEAN). 

— Fro7n  Horace, 

(on    a    SUNDIAL    IN    A    GRECIAN    GARDEN). 

V  OLAT  .  IRREVOCABILIS  .  HORA. 

(flies  .  THE  .  HOUR  .  NEVER  .  TO  .  BE  .  RECALLED). 


V 


OUS  .  QUI  .  PASSE  .  SOUVENE  .  VOUS  .  AU 
PASSANT  .  QUE  .  TOUT  .  PASSE  .  COMME 
JE  .  PASSE. 

(remember   .   ALL    .    WHO    .  PASS,  .  ALL  .  THINGS  ;  PASS  .  AS  .  I 

pass). 
93 


A  BOOK  OF 


Ouch,  .  such  .  a  .  man  .  extends  .  his 

life's  .  short  .  space, 
and  .  from  .  the  .  goal  .  again  .  renews 

THE  .  RACE: 
FOR  .   HE  .  LIVES  .  TWICE  .  WHO    .    CAN    .   AT 

ONCE  .  EMPLOY 
THE  .   PRESENT   .   WELL,    .   AND    .    E'EN    .   THE 

PAST  .  ENJOY. 

— From  Martial. 

i   IME  .  IS 

TOO  .  SLOW  .  FOR  .  THOSE  .  WHO  .  WAIT, 
TOO  .  SWIFT  .  FOR  .  THOSE  .  WHO  .  FEAR, 
TOO  .  LONG  .  FOR  .  THOSE  .  WHO  .  GRIEVE, 
TOO  .  SHORT  .   FOR  .  THOSE  .  WHO  .  REJOICE; 
BUT  .  FOR  .  THOSE  .  WHO  .  LOVE 

TIME  .  IS 

ETERNITY. 


94 


A 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

i  0-DAY  .  IS  .  YESTERDAY'S  .  PUPIL. 


.    DAY    .    TO    .    COME    .    SHOWS   .    LONGER 
THAN  .  A  .  YEAR  .  THAT'S  .  GONE. 


t^*  t^^t^^ 


I 


N  .  SPACE 
COMES  .  GRACE. 


OOME  .  COME,— 
SOME  .  GO — 
THIS  .  LIFE 
IS  .  SO. 

95 


o 


A   BOOK  OF 

UR  .  TEACHERS  .  ARE  .  THE  .  HOURS 
WHICH  .  OPEN  .  OR  .  CLOSE  .  THE 
GATE  .  OF  .  HEAVEN. 


f^^^^^^^r^ 


u 


T  .  MIGRATURUS  .  HABITA. 

(dwell  .  as  .  if  .  ABOUT  .  TO  .  DEPART). 

Ol  .  SANS  .  SOLEIL  .  VOUS  .  VIENDREZ, 
SANS  .  REPONSE  .  VOUS  .  EN   .   RETOURNEREZ. 

(if  .  WITHOUT  .  SUN  .  YOU  .  COME, 
WITHOUT  .  A  .  REPLY  .  WILL  .  YOU  .  GO). 

V  IGILANTIBUS 

(to  .  THE  .  watchful). 

96 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

/\gE  .  QUOD  .  AGIS. 

(do  .  WHAT  .  YOU  .  ARE  .  DOING). 

UlSPONENDO  .  ME,  .  NON  .  MUTANDO   .  ME. 

(by  .  DISPOSING  .  OF  .  ME,  .  NOT  .  BY  .  CHANGING  ,  HE). 

Jr^  UGIT  .  IRREPARABILE  .  TEMPUS. 

(irrecoverable  .  TIME  .  IS  .  FLYING  .  AWAY). 


^^^2^^£^ 


D 


EO  .  FAVENTE. 
(with  .  god's  .  favour). 
97 


A  BOOK  OF 

J\  .  LA  .  BONNE  .  HEURE. 
(well-timed). 


JT^AS  . 


EST  .   EB  .  AB  .  HOSTE  .  DOCERI. 


(it  .  IS  .  RIGHT  .  TO  .  DERIVE  .  INSTRUCTION  .  EVEN  .  FROM  .  AN 

enemy). 

OO  .  TEACH  .  US  .  TO  .  NUMBER  .  OUR  .  DAYS 
THAT  .  WE  .  MAY  .  APPLY  .  OUR 
HEARTS  .  UNTO  .  WISDOM. 


JLfEAD, 


KINDLY  .  LIGHT. 
98 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

U 


T 


NTO  .  YOU  .  THAT  .  FEAR  .  MY  .  NAME 
SHALL  .  THE  .  SUN  .  OF  .  RIGHTEOUS- 
NESS .  ARISE. 


HE  .  WHIRLIGIG  .  OF  .  TIME  .  BRINGS  .  IN 

HIS  .  REVENGES. 

— Shakespeare, 


^^^^^^^^ 


To 


THEM  .  THAT  .  MOURN   .  THE  .   HOURS 
ARE  .  SLOW, 
BUT  .  WITH  .  THE  .  JOYFUL  .  SWIFTLY  .  GO. 


As. 


WE  .  USE  .  THE  .   HOURS  .    SO    .   WILL 
THE  .  HOURS  .  USE  .  US. 

99 


A  BOOK  OF 

i   HE  .    MOVING    .    FINGER   .    WRITES:    .    AND 

HAVING  .  WRIT 
MOVES  .  ON  :  .  NOR  .  ALL  .  THY  .   PIETY   .    NOR 

WIT 
SHALL    .    LURE    .    IT    .    BACK    .    TO    .    CANCEL 

HALF  .  A  .  LINE, 

NOR  .  ALL   .   THY   .   TEARS   .    WASH    .    OUT   .   A 

WORD  .  OF  .  IT. 

— Omar  Khayyam, 


D 


lES     .     MEI     .     SIMILES    .    SUNT    .    UMBRE 
INCLINAT^. 


(my  .  DAYS  .  ARE  .  LIKE  .  A   .  SHADOW  .  THAT  .  DECLINETH). 

U  TERE  .  NON  .  REDIT  .  HORA. 

(employ  ,  THE  .  HOUR,  .  IT  .  RETURNETH  .  NOT). 

100 


SUNDIAL    MOTTOES 

R 


Q 


EMOVE  .  NOT  .  THE  .  ANCIENT  .  LANDMARK 
WHICH  .  THY  .  FATHER  .  HATH  .  SET 
UP. 

UIA  .  TEMPOS  .  QUIDEM  .  EST  .  CUIQUE 
VOLUNTATI. 


(there   .   is   .   a   .   TIME   .   FOR   ,   EVERY   .   PURPOSE   .   AND  .  FOR 
EVERY  .  W^ORK). 

VV  HEN  .  SLOTH  .  PUTS  .  URGENT  .  BUSINESS 

BY, 
"TO-MORROW'S     .    A    .  NEW    .    DAY,"    .    SHE'LL 

CRY; 
AND    .   ALL    .    HER    .    MORROWS    .    PROVE    .    IT 

TRUE 
THEY'RE  .  NEVER  .  USED,  .  AND  .  THEREFORE 

NEW. 

101 


A  BOOK  OF 

OET  .  ME  .  RIGHT  .  AND  .  USE  .  ME  .  WELL 
AND  .  I  .  THE  .  TIME  .  TO  .  YOU  .  WILL  .  TELL. 

(on  a  pocket  dial). 

OOON    .    SHALL    .    THE    .    SHINING    .    CIRCLE 

CEASE  .  TO  .  RUN ; 
SOON     .     SHALL     .     TO-MORROW    .    TURN    .    TO 

YESTERDAY. 
THAT  .   KNIFE  .  OF  .   SHADOW  .    CUTTING    .   IN 

THE  .  SUN 
CUTS  .  PATIENTLY  .  THY  .   LIGHT  .  OF   .    LIFE 

AWAY. 

U  NA  .  DABIT  .  QUOD  .  ALTERA  .  NEGAT. 

(one  .  HOUR  .  WILL  .  GIVE  .  WHAT  .  THE  .  NEXT  .  DENIES). 

102 


N 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

AM     .     JEHOVA     .      TIBI      .      ERIT     .      LUCI 
PERPETU^. 


(the  .  LORD  .  SHALL  .  BE  .  THINE  .  EVERLASTING  .  LIGHT). 


U: 


SE  .  THE  .  PRESENT  .  TIME 
REDEEM  .  THE  .  PAST 
FOR  .  THUS  .  UNCERTAINTY 
THOUGH  .  IMPERCEPTIBLY 
THE  .  NIGHT  .  OF  .   LIFE 
APPROACHES. 

(in    ALDINGHAM    CHURCHYARD,    LANCASHIRE). 

OTAY  .  AND  .  THINK. 

(Shakespeare's  sonnet  lvii.) 

103 


A  BOOK  OF 

V  OLANO  .   L'ORE,  .  I  .  GIORNI,  .  GL'ANNI   .  E 

I  .  MESI. 

— Petrarch. 

(hours,  .  DAYS,  .  MONTHS,  .  YEARS,  .  ALL  .  FLY) 

^OME  .  IN  .  TIME. 

(on  A  CHURCH  AT  BRADFORD  ST.  GEORGE,  SUFFOLK). 

U  SE    .  WELL    .   THE    .    PRESENT   .    MOMENTS 

AS  .  THEY  .  FLEET, 
YOUR  .  LIFE,  .  HOWEVER  .  SHORT,  .  WILL  .  BE 

COMPLETE. 
IF    .  AT  .  ITS   .    FATAL   .    ENDING    .   YOU    .    CAN 

SAY: 
I'VE  .  LIVED  .  AND  .  MADE  .  THE  .  MOST  .  OF 

EVERY  .  DAY. 

(in   waterfall   CHURCHYARD,    STAFFORDSHIRE). 
104 


s 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

URGE,  .  LUCE,  .  QUANDOQUIDEM  .  ADVENIT 
LUX  .  TUA. 

(arise,  .  SHINE  ;  .  FOR  .  THY  .  LIGHT  .  IS  .  COME). 

i   IME  .  IS  .  THE  .  CHRYSALIS  .  OF  .  ETERNITY. 

OWIFT  .   FLY  .  THE  .    HOURS    .   AND    .    BRIEF 
THE  .  TIME 

FOR  .  ACTION  .  AND  .  REPOSE:— 
FAST  .  FLITS  .  THIS  .  SCENE  .  OF  .  WOE  .  AND 
CRIME, 

AND  .  SOON  .  THE  .  WHOLE  .  SHALL  .  CLOSE. 
THE  .  EVENING  .  SHADOWS  .  DEEPER  .  FALL, 

THE  .  DAYLIGHT  .  DIES  .  AWAY, 
WAKE,  .   SLUMBERER,    .    AT   .   THE    .    MASTER'S 

CALL, 
AND  .  WORK  .  WHILE  .  IT  .  IS  .  DAY. 

105 


A   BOOK  OF 

U  NA  .  UMBRA  .  ET  .  VAPOR  .  HOMINUM  .  VITA. 

(a  .  SHADOW  .  AND  .  SMOKE  .  IS  .  MAN's  .  LIFE). 

(in  helston  churchyard,  Cornwall). 

Umbra !  .  quid  .  aspicis?  .  umbram. 

(shadow  !  .  WHAT  .  SEEST  .  THOU  ?  .  SHADOW). 

U  T     .     QUI     .     EXEMPLARI     .     ET     .    UMBRiE, 
DESERVIANT  .  REUM  .  COELESTIUM. 

(the  .  EXAMPLE  .  AND  ,  SHADOW  .  OF  .  HEAVENLY  .  THINGS). 

OICI  .  VOTRE  .  HEURE. 

(here  ,  IS  .  YOUR  .  hour). 

106 


V, 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 

U  LTIMA     .     LATET     .      ET     .     OBSERVANTUR 
OMNES. 

(the  .  LAST  .    [hour]    .  IS  .  HIDDEN  .  AND  .  ALL  .  WATCHED). 

-Lex       .       ENIM       .      UMBRAM      .      OBTINENS 
FUTURORUM  .  BONORUM. 

(a  .  SHADOW  .  OF  .  GOOD  .  THINGS  .  TO  .  COME). 

1  AMEN      .     HIS     .     AEVUM      .     COMPONITUR 
UMBRIS. 

(time  .  IS  .  MADE  .  UP  .  OF  .  SHADOWS). 

-AlPUD  .  QUEM  .  NON  .  INEST  .  TRANSMUTATIO 
AUT  .  CONVERSIONIS  .  OBUMBRATIO. 

(with   .   WHOM    .    IS   .   NO    .   VARIABLENESS  .  NEITHER  .  SHADOW 
OF  .  turning). 

107 


A   BOOK    OF 

IJEING  .  YOUR  .  SLAVE,  .  WHAT  .  SHOULD  .  I 

DO  .  BUT  .  TEND 

UPON  .  THE  .  HOURS  .  AND  .  TIMES  .  OF  .  YOUR 

DESIRE? 

— Shakespeare, 

^^^  ^^  f^^ 

V  ESTIGIA  .  NULLA  .  RETRORSUM. 

(there  .  ARE  .  NO  .  STEPS  .  BACKWARD). 

V^URRICULUM  .  MEUM   .   PERFICIAM  .  DONEC 
ADVENERINT  .  DOMINUS. 

(l  .  will  .  run  .  my  .  course  ,  until  .  the  .  lord  ;  shall 

come). 


V 


lA  .  CRUCIS  .  VIA  .  LUCIS. 

(the  .  WAY  .  OF  .  THE  .  CROSS  .  IS  .  THE  .  WAY  .  OF  .  LIGHT). 

108 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

W  ITH  .  WARNING  .  HAND  .  I  .  MARK  .  TIME'S 

RAPID  .  FLIGHT 
FROM  .    LIFE'S   .   GLAD    .    MORNING    .   TO    .    ITS 

SOLEMN  .  NIGHT; 
YET,  .  THROUGH   .  THE  .  DEAR  ,  GOD'S  .  LOVE, 

I  .  ALSO  .  SHOW 
THERE'S  .  A  .   LIGHT  .  ABOVE  .  ME  .  BY  .  THE 

SHADE  .  BELOW. 

(written   by  JOHN   GREENLEAF  WHITTIER,  FOR  A  SUNDIAL). 

JUuM     .     EXSPECTAMUS     .     LUCEM,     .     ECCE 
TENEBR^. 

(we  .  WAIT  .  FOR  .  LIGHT,  .  BUT  .  BEHOLD  .  OBSCURITY). 

/VmBULEMUS  .   IN   .    LUCE    .   JEHOViE. 

(let  .  us  .  WALK  .  IN  .  THE  .  LIGHT  .  OF  .  THE      LORD). 
109 


A  BOOK  OF 

-LaBUNTUR  .  ANNI  .  NEC  .  PIETAS    .   MORAM 
RUGIS  .  ET  .  .  . 
AFFERET. 

(the   .   FLEETING   .  YEARS   .   GLIDE  .  AWAY,  .  AND  .  PIETY  .  WILL 
NEVER  .  BRING  .  A  .  CHECK  .  TO  .  WRINKLES). 

— From  Horace, 

i   U     .     NUMERI    .    L'ORE    .    MA    .    NON    .    SAI 
L'ORA  .  DELLA  .  MORTE. 

(thou  .  NUMBEREST  .  THE  .  HOURS  .  BUT  .  KNOWEST  .  NOT  .  THE 
HOUR  .  OF  .  death). 


V 


ELUT    .    UMBRA    .    SUNT    .    DIES    .    NOSTRI 
SUPER  .  TERRAM. 

(our  .  DAYS  .  ON  .  EARTH  .  ARE  .  A  .  SHADOW). 
110 


SUNDIAL  MOTTOES. 
W  ATCH  .  FASTER— WATCH  .  SLOWER. 


T 


H 


UTTE  .  LE  .  COSE  .  PERISCONA,  .  10  .  SONO 
IMMORTALE. 

(all  .  THING6  .  PERISH,  .  I  .  AM  .  IMMORTAL). 

V^OME,  .  LIGHT!  .  VISIT  .  ME! 

(in  the  garden  of  HARRIET  MARTINEAU). 


OMO  .  VANITATI  .  SIMILIS  .  EST, 
DIES  .  EJUS  .  SUNT  .  UT  .  UMBRA 
PR^TEREUNTIS. 


(man  .  IS  .  LIKE  .  TO  .  VANITY  :  .  HIS  .  DAYS  .  ARE  .  AS  .  A  .  SHADOW 
THAT  .   PASSETH  .  AWAY). 

Ill 


L 


A  BOOK  OF 

UMINARE    .    MAJUS    .    AD    .    PR^EFECTURAM 
DIEI. 

(the  .  GREATER  .  LIGHT  .  TO  .  RULE  .  THE  .  DAY). 


U  T  .  Ur 


UxMBRA  .  QUUM  .  DECLINAT. 

(l  .  AM  .  GONE  .  LIKE  .  A  .  SHADOW). 


L, 


ITTLE  ;  SUN  .  UPON  .  THE  .  CEILING 
EVER  .  MOVING,  .  EVER  .  STEALING 

MOMENTS,  .  MINUTES,  .   HOURS  .  AWAY. 
MAY  .  NO  .  SHADE  .  FORBID  .  THY  .  SHINING 
V^HILE  .  THE  .  HEAVENLY  .  SUN  .  DECLINING 

CALLS  .  US  .  TO  .  IMPROVE  .  THE  .  DAY. 

(on   a   CEILING    DIAL   AT   THEOBALDS). 

112 


SUNDIAL   MOTTOES. 

i  AK  . 


TINT  .  O'  .   TIME  .   ERE   .  TIME  .  TAK 
TINT  .  O'  .  THEE. 


V, 


IX  .  ORIMUR  .  ET  .  OCCIDIMUS. 

(scarcely  .  ARISEN  ,  AND  .  WE  .  HAVE  .  SET). 

1   IS  .  ALWAYS  .  MORNING  .  SOMEWHERE  .  IN 
THE  .  WORLD. 


f^^t^^^t^^t^'t^^t^^t^^f^^ 


113 


IN  PRAISE  OF  SUNDIALS. 


115 


IN  PRAISE  OF  SUNDIALS. 

WHAT  an  antique  air  had  the  now  almost  effaced 
sun-dials,  with  their  moral  inscriptions,  seeming 
coevals  with  that  Time  which  they  measured,  and 
to  take  their  revelations  of  its  flight  immediately  from 
Heaven,  holding  correspondence  with  the  fountain  of  light! 
How  would  the  dark  line  steal  imperceptibly  on,  watched 
by  the  eye  of  childhood,  eager  to  detect  its  movement,  never 
catched,  nice  as  an  evanescent  cloud,  or  the  first  arrests  of 
sleep !  .  ,  . 

Ah  !  yet  doth  beauty  like  a  dial  hand 

Steal  from  his  figure,  and  no  pace  perceived ! 

What  a  dead  thing  is  a  clock,  with  its  ponderous 
embowelments  of  lead  and  brass,  its  pert  or  solemn  dulness 
of  communication,  compared  with  the  simple  altar-like 
structure  and  silent  heart-language  of  the  old  dial !  It 
stood  as  the  garden  god  of  Christian  gardens.  Why  is  it 
almost  every  where  vanished  ?  If  its  business-use  be  super- 
seded by  more  elaborate  inventions,  its  moral  uses,  its 
beauty,  might  have  pleaded  for  its  continuance.  It  spoke  of 
moderate  labours,  of  pleasures  not  protracted  after  sunset. 

Charles  Lamb. — Essays  of  Elia. 

117 


IN  PRAISE  OF  SUNDIALS, 

HOW  well  the  skilful  gardener  drew, 
Of  flowers  and  herbs,  this  dial  new ! 
Where,  from  above,  the  milder  sun 
Does  through  a  fragrant  zodiac  run  : 
And,  as  it  works,  the  industrious  bee 
Computes  its  time  as  well  as  we. 
How  could  such  sweet  and  wholesome  hours 
Be  reckon'd,  but  w^ith  herbs  and  flowers  ? 

Andrew  Marvell. — The  Garden. 


^^*^^*^^* 


A  DIAL  is  the  Visible  Map  of  Time,  till  Whose  Invention 
'twas  follie  in  the  Sun  to  play  with  a  Shadow.  It  is 
the  Anatomic  of  the  Day  and  a  Scale  of  Miles  for  the 
Jornie  of  the  Sun.  It  is  the  silent  Voice  of  Time  and  without 
it  the  Day  were  dumbe  ...  It  is  ye  Book  of  ye  Sun  on  which 
he  writes  the  Storie  of  the  Day.  Lastly,  Heaven  itself  is  but 
a  generall  Dial,  and  a  Dial  it,  in  a  lesser  volume. 

Robert  Hegge. — Heliotropum  Sciotherictim  {1630), 

119 


IN  PRAISE  OF  SUNDIALS, 

METHINKS  it  were  a  happy  life  .  .  . 
To  carve  out  dials  quaintly  point  by  point, 
Thereby  to  see  the  minutes  how  they  run ; — 
How  many  make  the  hour  full  complete ; 
How  many  hours  bring  about  the  day ; 
How  many  days  will  finish  up  the  year. 
How  many  years  a  mortal  man  may  live. 
When  this  is  known  then  to  divide  the  times  ; —  ... 
So  minutes,  hours,  days,  weeks,  months,  and  years, 
Pass'd  over  to  the  end  they  were  created. 

Shakespeare. — Henry  VI.  (3  part),  Act  ii.,  Scene  5. 

THE  sundial  is  a  thing  of  deep  sentiment.  All  feel  the 
beauty  and  wonder  of  the  thought  that  Time,  that 
most  intangible,  most  fleeting,  most  wonderful  of 
conditions,  is  marked  so  fittingly  in  its  passing  by  a 
shadow  almost  equally  intangible  ;  and  the  noblest  evidences 
of  creations — the  stars  in  the  heavens — would  be  to  us 
invisible  and  unknown  save  for  their  revelation  through  the 
shadow  of  the  earth. 
Mrs.  Alice  Morse  Earle. — Sun-dials  and  Roses  of  Yesterday. 

121 


IN  PRAISE  OF  SUNDIALS. 

THE  hours  when  the  mind  is  absorbed  by  beauty  are  the 
only  hours  when  we  really  live,  so  that  the  longer  we 
can  stay  among  these  things  so  much  more  is  snatched 
from  inevitable  Time.  Let  the  shadow  advance  upon  the 
dial — I  can  watch  it  with  equanimity  while  it  is  there  to  be 
watched.  It  is  only  when  the  shadow  is  not  there,  when  the 
clouds  of  winter  cover  it,  that  the  dial  is  terrible.  The 
nvisible  shadow  goes  on  and  steals  from  us  .  .  .  These  are 
the  only  hours  that  are  not  wasted — these  hours  that 
absorb  the  soul  and  fill  it  with  beauty. 

Richard  Jefferies. — The  Pageant  of  Summer. 

THERE  is  always,  to  my  thinking,  a  charm  about  a  sun- 
dial . .  .  The  sacred  grey  of  the  aged  stone,  mellowed 
by  the  many  years  of  sun  and  rain,  forms  a 
fair  ground  for  the  patterns  which  our  loved  lichens  have 
traced  upon  it,  in  dark  and  orange,  gold  and  oxydised  silver . . . 
The  Dial  seems  a  witness  with  a  silent  voice,  amid  the 
changes  of  this  life,  to  the  lastingness  of  things. 
The  Author  of  The  Harvest  of  a  Quiet  Eye. — On  Sundials. 

123 


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